<p>Echoing kelsmom’s & Faline2’s comments. '06 S just married over Labor Day. His 6 attendants were his true and fast friends from his undergrad years, all suite mates at some point. This wonderful group of young men came from all over the country (LA, Boston, Boulder, St. Louis, Atlanta, and somewhere in NJ) to Chattanooga to celebrate with us. S has been to 3 of their weddings and was an attendant in 2 of them. I don’t try to keep up with what they are all doing now, but there is one who graduated from NROTC as a procurement officer and who is beginning an MBA now and 2 physicians among the group. S is an attorney. These young men were involved in Habitat and lots of other campus activities and I doubt any of them feels they missed something by not being Greek. I know S doesn’t feel that way. Are they as close as D is to her sorority sisters? Maybe not quite, but I would attribute that to gender differences, as opposed to Greek affiliation.
My other comment would be that I watched both S’s undergrad girlfriend and D lose interest in Greek life later in their undergrad careers. I don’t think that’s atypical. S’s girlfriend ended up de-activating and D just kind of hung in there during the last year as most of her good friends had graduated. As well, once students turn 21 and can go downtown, things change.</p>